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All this talk about food in NYC and no mention of delis? That's just wrong. If you don't pound down a massive Reuben with a potato knish then you'll die unfulfilled.
Ok Jess, tell us where all you went and ate! I have a month until my trip!
Brassierre Les Halls (Kitchen confidential) I had the steak Tartare, and PAn had Tripe braised with Calvados, both were amazingly good.
Jules Bistro was a great Brunch spot in the East Village
Havana De Cuba was a great lunch spot as well, the Paella was really good and big, Pans suckling pig was just ok though.
Nonya was one of our Chinese dinners down off of canal and grand. It is a Chinese Malaysian place and we had Malaysian stir fried noodles, a "steamboat" which was fried cassava piled high with seafood plus we had a stingray cooked in Banana leaves.
Peking Duck house was really good also, I would of course recomend the Peking Duck.
Those are all the Manhattan places we ate, you said you are not going to do Queens or Brooklyn right?
Ok Jess, tell us where all you went and ate! I have a month until my trip!
Brassierre Les Halls (Kitchen confidential) I had the steak Tartare, and PAn had Tripe braised with Calvados, both were amazingly good.
Jules Bistro was a great Brunch spot in the East Village
Havana De Cuba was a great lunch spot as well, the Paella was really good and big, Pans suckling pig was just ok though.
Nonya was one of our Chinese dinners down off of canal and grand. It is a Chinese Malaysian place and we had Malaysian stir fried noodles, a "steamboat" which was fried cassava piled high with seafood plus we had a stingray cooked in Banana leaves.
Peking Duck house was really good also, I would of course recomend the Peking Duck.
Those are all the Manhattan places we ate, you said you are not going to do Queens or Brooklyn right?
I am writing these places down!
Yeah, no Queens or Brooklyn... we only have two days and I'd rather not have to travel too far.
Brassierre Les Halls (Kitchen confidential) I had the steak Tartare, and PAn had Tripe braised with Calvados, both were amazingly good.
Jules Bistro was a great Brunch spot in the East Village
Havana De Cuba was a great lunch spot as well, the Paella was really good and big, Pans suckling pig was just ok though.
Nonya was one of our Chinese dinners down off of canal and grand. It is a Chinese Malaysian place and we had Malaysian stir fried noodles, a "steamboat" which was fried cassava piled high with seafood plus we had a stingray cooked in Banana leaves.
Peking Duck house was really good also, I would of course recomend the Peking Duck.
Those are all the Manhattan places we ate, you said you are not going to do Queens or Brooklyn right?
I am writing these places down!
Yeah, no Queens or Brooklyn... we only have two days and I'd rather not have to travel too far.
So from a tourists perspective in two days I would try to do at least one play, go up 30 rock, ride the Staten Island Ferry, and spend a evening on Canal Street with Chinatown/Little Italy. Also the Museum of Natural History.
hah, no, no alcohol, just the meal. Roomie doesn't drink (though I might have a beer or two).
I mean $50 is pricey for me normally, but it's his birthday (the big 3-0), and we're in NYC so I know in order to go somewhere nice, we'll have to pay a bit more. Of course, I am ok with paying less than $50 per person!
I just want a nice dinner for one night that we are there. I've known him for 18 years; he deserves something for putting up with me for that long.
50 a person seems right for a really nice meal. Remember to try and make a reservation if it is a weekend for the fancier places.
Also if you go get there at 11:30 when they open the Spotted Pig is amazing. I thought we could go at two and get a table but even then it was a 90 minute wait.
It doesn't look like the Spotted Pig takes reservations. I want to make a rez wherever we go... I just need some help/suggestions. There are WAY too many restaurants in NYC to weed through a search result.
I see lordrockinhood is poking around these parts.... want to help me out??
Maybe
I don't go to restaurants that often, but I may know of a few... or know someone who does...
What types of food y'all are into might help? Since there are approximately 23,499 restaurants within' NYC city limits
Yeah that's the issue, too many to choose from! We'd like to stay in Manhattan, we'll be staying on the Upper East side so the closer to that area, the better.
We're into all kinds of food... not big seafood eaters but we can tolerate the not-too-crazy stuff: crab, lobster, sushi. French is fine, Italian is fine... just something kinda nice for his birthday dinner. (Alcohol selection is not an issue since he doesn't drink)
For shame! My best friend and I are going to NYC a week or two after New Years Eve, we'll just miss you. When I lived in Baltimore we used to go all the time, one of my favorite things to do was go to the Barcade in Brooklyn. They have a fantastic beer selection and old arcade games for a quarter. We could have spent all night in there. barcadebrooklyn.com/
I went to Barcade in April it was really a great bar.
I went to Barcade in Jersey City on Monday evening, then the Barcade in Brooklyn late Monday night. KINDA coincidentally. Then I got lost trying to find my way back to Bed-Stuy because the car service I took out there wouldn't come to that neighborhood to pick me up, so I just kept wandering until I found my way back. Last night I was told that was a bad idea. *shrug*
I also was compelled to hit up Les Halles, and had Le Poisson entier Rôti à l’huile d’Olive with a couple of glasses of Sauvignon Blanc. It was delicious, and worth the high tab. The Chip Shop in downtown Brooklyn was straight-up unpretentious British fare. MASSIVE fillet of haddock on a bed of fries, with a Southampton IPA (thanks Bonzai!- My favorite beer rec all week.) Peaches Hothouse on Tompkins in Bed-Stuy... a Nashville Hot Chicken Shack in NYC? Really? Yep. Hatch Show Prints all over the walls, dirty southern rock played exclusively, and the hot chicken done right- if you consider Bolton's dry-rub method right. Served over white bread with pickles even. Went there twice. Hallo Berlin in Hell's Kitchen: Alpenwurst with red cabbage and sauerkraut, and a big ol' stein of Hofbrau! Yummen! Cafe Riazor in Chelsea, good tapas and probably the best food for the least amount of money ratio of all the places I went. Terminal 5 was soooo freakin' cool, that's where Gogol played on NYE. Huge dance floor with 3 balconies and a roof bar. Nice and roomy even with a fairly large crowd. I always had enough elbow room to shake my butt. If you go there, expect really high drink prices, and cash-only. First round was a Magic Hat for me and a Jack and Coke for my friend, after tipping a buck a drink, I saw myself hand over 28 dollars. Museums- I killed an entire day at the Met, checked Wassily Kandinsky's "Painting with White Border" off my bucket list at the Guggenheim, and also really enjoyed the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Botanical Garden. For a few days it was actually warm enough to get out and enjoy being outside and in a nice quiet green setting. I didn't get to see everything and everyone I wanted to, but I had the most amazing New Year's ever. I may be starting a personal tradition.
flanzo, do you have any suggestions? Manhattan, nice restaurant, around or under $50 person.
Umm, let me think about it. I'm crazy busy at work and want to get outta here at 5 so I can meet my parents for a free dinner. But I can probably come up with something nice that isn't very expensive.
Barcade is in Hipsterburg, Brooklyn ... which doesn't really help her out for this trip.
Talkin' about someone who lives in East Nashville. Doubt that hipster anything will be a deterrent.
I say that because she wasn't looking to leave Manhattan. Even though it's the first stop off the L train in Brooklyn. Not because of the hipster factor.
I dunno much anything about East Nashville, but it can't beat Hipsterburg or Brooklyn in general.
;D
